With his buried history finally out in the open, the eighty-seventh chapter turns the class toward its Cinderella production. Machi refuses to see Yuki as any kind of prince, while Kyo and Tohru both buckle under nerves about the play and other worries.
Now that his hidden past has been spoken aloud, Yuki and his classmates shift their attention to the upcoming Cinderella production. Machi bluntly insists that he is nothing like a prince, while both Kyo and Tohru wrestle with nerves over the play and several other concerns weighing on them.
Preparations for the class Cinderella play move to the foreground. Machi dismisses the idea that Yuki fits the princely image others attach to him. Kyo and Tohru both feel the strain of the coming performance alongside unspoken personal troubles.

Naruto vs Luffy with the twist nobody asked for: Luffy tickled Hinata on date night, and she kind of liked it. We break down the whole fight and commit to a winner....

There are no women on Namek. That isn't an oversight, it's the biology. Why we handed Piccolo the one thing his own species rules out, and why it had to be trap soul....
This is the fourth chapter of Volume 15 and the eighty-seventh overall, running thirty-two pages. Ritsu and Hiro share the cover, and it falls between Chapter 86 and Chapter 88. The cast also includes Tohru, Saki Hanajima, Minami Kinoshita, Arisa Uotani, Ayame, Mine Kuramae, Kyo, Machi Kuragi and Mio Yamagishi.
In Fruits Basket Chapter 87, Yuki Sohma's class turns its attention to preparing the Cinderella play, Machi Kuragi bluntly insists he is nothing like a prince, and both Kyo Sohma and Tohru Honda struggle with nerves about the performance and other unspoken worries.
Machi Kuragi dismisses the idea that Yuki Sohma fits the princely image others attach to him in Chapter 87.
Ritsu Sohma and Hiro Sohma share the cover of Fruits Basket Chapter 87.
Chapter 87 is the fourth chapter of Volume 15 and the eighty-seventh chapter overall, running thirty-two pages between Chapter 86 and Chapter 88.
Chapter 87's cast includes Tohru Honda, Saki Hanajima, Minami Kinoshita, Yuki Sohma, Arisa Uotani, Ayame Sohma, Mine Kuramae, Kyo Sohma, Machi Kuragi, and Mio Yamagishi.
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